Eliminator III scope question

[NDAR15MAN]

I am thinking about putting a Eliminator III 4-16x50 range finder scope on my tikka 243.
Getting older and doing more stand hunting and I am shooting longer ranges at deer and coyotes. Questions...

1...you guys that own them have you been happy with them ? I will be replacing my
Nikon monarch 3 4-16x44 scope that is on the gun.just wondering if it would be worth the change. I miss a lot coyotes but not to many deer by missing yardage by 50 yards.

2 question ... After red dot appears in the scope to show were u aim on target I am wondering if you miss deer or coyote and animal starts running will the red dot still show on the Animal while it is running and show were you should aim at or does animal need to be stopped and not running when u use scope ?

3...do you think the scope could range a prairie or coyote at 750 yards ?

Thanks. Martyd

 

[matty]

I dont have one, but my cousin and his dad both purchased one for there 7mm Mag,s to take on a elk hunt. They were factory rifles and was told where they purchased them that they were calibrated for the factory ammo they purchased.
So the rifles were first sighted in a 100 yards , and then using the built in range finder and specified dot were shot a 325 yards. The results were BAD !!!!!!!!!
Maybe the calibration was off or the rifles did'nt shoot very well.
That is what I know.
And you have to press the button every time , unless there was a auto tracking feature they did,nt tell me about. I think for the price a good range finder,target turrets on a scope , and practicing is hard to beat.????????

 

[Vern Walls]

I’ve got one of the original versions, two Eliminator II’s, and one Eliminator III. And I hope to add a IV or V to this list in the next week or so.

BUT — the range compensating and resulting aiming point location are only going to be as good the load data you provide for its calculations. You really need to chrono your ammo in your gun, too. Don’t trust the values listed on the box or reloading info. This number has to be accurate. Once you look up the G1 ballistic coefficient, and actually measure the sight height (center of bore to center of scope diameter), feed that info into any of the freebie ballistic calculators to get the drop number to use programming the unit. And sight the rifle in to be dead on at 100 yds. Unless you’re lucky enough to be able to really shoot at 500 or 750 yards and measure the drop yourself.

Going at it this way has resulted in several deer kills from 325 to 475 yards over the last few years by both myself and my son.

And as mentioned above, you have to re-range every time something changes. They haven’t come up with a model that will do dynamic ranging — YET!

Hope this helps

 

[Cerveza]

My Burris Eliminator III (listed for sale) sighted in at 100 yds was right on at 600 yds with a 6.5 Creedmoor. As has been noted, if the target distance changes you have to re-range.

 

[Klong]

Mine, have 3, will not range a coyote at 750 yards. It will range a bush or tree or a big rock at th distance and give me the aiming dot to use on the coyote.
Laser ranging does not work well in fog or rain.

 

[Tommie]

Takes a mighty rangefinder to lazer a prairie dog that far